Biography

Grigol Khelidze is a professor at the Faculty of Energy of Georgian Technical University, works in the Department of Hydropower and Main Pipeline Systems and is a member of the GTU Academic Council. He graduated from the Georgian Polytechnic Institute in 1978 as a hydraulic engineer. He defended his candidate dissertation in 1985 and his doctoral dissertation in 1998, and was awarded the title of professor in 2003. His research interests are the design and calculation of hydraulic structures, transient hydraulic processes in the pressure systems of hydropower plants, hydropower calculations and hydroecology.

Education

• Georgian Polytechnic Institute – hydraulic engineer, 1978
• Georgian Research Institute of Energy and Hydraulic Structures – postgraduate studies, 1983

Scientific degree and rank

• Candidate of Technical Sciences (1985)
• Doctor of Technical Sciences (1998)
• Professor (2003)
• Full member of the Georgian Engineering Academy
• Member of the Georgian National Committee of the International Commission on Large Dams

Work experience

• 1978–1980 – Tbilhydroproject design institute, engineer
• 1981–2011 – Georgian Research Institute of Energy and Hydraulic Structures
• 1999–2021 – Georgian Technical University, Faculty of Energy and Telecommunications, Professor
• Since 2021 – Georgian Technical University, Faculty of Energy, Professor

Publications

• ხელიძე გ., უკლება ბ. ჰიდროენერგეტიკის ჰიდროლოგიური საფუძვლები. თბილისი: საქართველოს ტექნიკური უნივერსიტეტი.

Awards, prizes

• Medal of Honour (2003)
• Honorary diploma (2023)